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Teachers

Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what schemes of in-service professional development are available to teachers in maintained schools. [17436]

Jacqui Smith: Schools are free to decide on the sources of professional development for their staff. This may be from a wide variety of providers or delivered internally within schools. It is not therefore possible to maintain central records of such provision. Significant support is provided by the Government through their primary and secondary strategies.

Mr. Truswell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) classroom assistants and (b) teachers were employed in Pudsey in each year since 1997. [18919]


 
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Jacqui Smith: The following table gives the full-time equivalent number of teaching assistants and teachers in service in Pudsey constituency in each January between 1997 and 2005.
Maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools, all special schools(59) and pupil referral units: Full time equivalent number of teaching and support staff—position in January each year:1997 to 2005—Pudsey parliamentary constituency

FTE qualified teachersFTE other teaching staffFTE teaching assistantsFTE other support staff
199783010150140
199883010170150
19998400180150
200086010190170
200188010200210
200295010290210
200395010300210
200495020310210
200593020310240


(59)Includes maintained and non-maintained special schools.
Note:
Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.
Source:
Annual School Census



Mr. Arbuthnot: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether her Department has (a) commissioned and (b) sought actuarial estimates of the effect on life expectancy of increasing the retirement age of teachers by five years. [17189]

Jacqui Smith: We have not commissioned specific estimates from the Government Actuary on the impact on life expectancy of the proposal to increase to 65 the normal pension age in the Teachers' Pension Scheme. However, based on the mortality assumptions adopted by the Government Actuary for the 2001 actuarial review of the Teachers' Pension Scheme, the life expectancy of a male teacher retiring at a) age 60 is 25 years and b) age 65 it is 20 years. For female teachers, the corresponding figures are 28 years at age 60 and 23 years at age 65.

The Government Actuary will take account of any changes to the assumptions adopted for 2001 valuation as part of the current valuation of the Teachers' Pension Scheme. I expect to receive the Government Actuary's report early in 2006.

Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many entry-level vacancies for newly qualified teachers there were in schools in England in 2003–04. [16423]

Jacqui Smith: The information requested is not held centrally. However vacancies in 2005 stood at 0.7 per cent. This compares to 1.4 per cent. in 2001.

Mr. Hollobone: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment she has made of the likely effect on teachers' future pension entitlements of her proposed changes from management points to teaching and learning responsibility payments. [17678]

Jacqui Smith [holding answer 14 October 2005]: Individual teachers whose management allowance ceases and who do not receive a teaching and learning responsibility payment of comparable value will have their pension entitlement protected for up to five years
 
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through a combination of salary safeguarding and the use of the best salary in the last three years for their pension calculation. Thereafter, subsequent salary progression will have mitigated the earlier loss of a management allowance.

Visual/Auditory/Kinaesthetic Learners

Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what estimate she has made of the number of (a) visual, (b) auditory and (c) kinaesthetic learners studying in schools; [18109]

(2) what research has been funded by her Department into the efficacy of the visual-auditory-kinaesthetic learning styles model recommended on her Department's teachernet website on effective teaching. [18387]

Jacqui Smith: No estimate has been made by the Secretary of State of the number of visual, auditory and kinaesthetic learners in schools. The Department has not funded any specific research into the visual-auditory-kinaesthetic learning styles model. There are many different models of learning styles.

We encourage teachers to have an understanding that there is evidence for significant differences in the way learners approach their learning, and that they can all benefit from experiencing different approaches to learning. The visual-auditory-kinaesthetic model is only a simple example of this.

Youth Services

Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of 11 to 19-year-olds (a) engaged in more than two hours of sporting activity per week, (b) had access to youth groups and (c) were involved in volunteering in each year since 1995. [16441]

Jacqui Smith: The 2004/05 school sport survey found that, within school sport partnerships, 69 per cent. of 5to 16-year-olds were spending at least two hours in a typical week on high quality PE and school sport, within and beyond the curriculum. This is up 7 percentage points from the 2003/04 survey. The survey, which ran for the first time in 2003/04, does not collect data for 16to 19-year-olds.

All local authorities have a duty to provide youth services—to support the development of young people, engage them with relevant services and prepare them for the responsibilities of adulthood. The National Youth Agency audit data for 2003/04 shows that local youth services in England reached 23.5 per cent. of young people aged 13 to 19 years.

The Department does not hold annual data on young people's levels of volunteering. However, the 2001 Young People's Social Attitudes Survey found that 16 per cent. of 12 to 19-year-olds reported doing some voluntary or charity work in the previous six months (Park, Phillips and Johnson Young people in Britain: the attitudes and experiences of 12–19 year olds" DFES 2004). The Home Office Citizenship Survey in 2003 found that 45 per cent. of 16 to 24-year-olds participate at least once a month in informal volunteering.
 
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NORTHERN IRELAND

Arts Council

Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much funding has been allocated by the Arts Council in Northern Ireland over the last five years, broken down by (a) Westminster parliamentary constituency and (b) district council area. [18017]

Mr. Hanson: The funding allocated by the Arts Council to each district council area over the last five years is contained in Table A.

The funding allocated by the Arts Council to each parliamentary constituency over the last five years is contained in Table B.

Figures quoted for 2005–06 reflect the funding allocated to date in the current Financial Year.
Table A: Arts Council funding by district council area
£

Local authorityFund2001–022002–032003–04
AntrimExchequer03,00018,200
AntrimLottery069,164112,446
ArdsExchequer4,7706,88029,903
ArdsLottery0103,845104,599
ArmaghExchequer6902,550155,497
ArmaghLottery0273,153148,332
BallymenaExchequer100012,100
BallymenaLottery016,544194,695
BallymoneyExchequer01,4002,775
BallymoneyLottery0106,30434,455
BanbridgeExchequer2,4007309,970
BanbridgeLottery042,55722,158
BelfastExchequer202,101165,1926,179,408
BelfastLottery4,726,9252,625,5125,844,496
CarrickfergusExchequer4,20011,60017,000
CarrickfergusLottery039,6725,000
CastlereaghExchequer5,8002,15058,781
CastlereaghLottery36,99039,949229,637
ColeraineExchequer1,6503,389145,100
ColeraineLottery1,427,5165,24475,794
CookstownExchequer8506,5000
CookstownLottery0151,46528,211
CraigavonExchequer1,2002,90047,719
CraigavonLottery203,384146,64683,137
DerryExchequer14,79541,103659,651
DerryLottery1,385,1891,043,4791,520,942
DownExchequer15,83533,87063,530
DownLottery127,832172,73960,455
DungannonExchequer10,00010,00014,000
DungannonLottery6,820236,14468,808
FermanaghExchequer10,0002,94584,152
FermanaghLottery49,30598,95671,800
LarneExchequer01,35012,570
LarneLottery269,97614,19232,427
LimavadyExchequer02,4300
LisburnExchequer9,05021,420102,788
LisburnLottery25,300120,136126,916
MagherafeltExchequer10,00000
MagherafeltLottery016,15610,712
MoyleExchequer07,33010,800
MoyleLottery040,0000
Newry and MourneExchequer8,47518,900141,845
Newry and MourneLottery0466,06477,780
NewtownabbeyExchequer5,1206,35011,780
NewtownabbeyLottery20,05549,17147,559
North DownExchequer33,00017,02575,106
North DownLottery107,847254,12860,940
OmaghExchequer03,0007,388
OmaghLottery55,312198,300163,167
StrabaneExchequer9605,60018,200
StrabaneLottery48,250768,90858,380
Total8,831,6977,476,04217,061,109









 
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Table A: Arts Council funding by district council area
£

Local authorityFund2004–052005–06
to date
Total of award
AntrimExchequer27,000048,200
AntrimLottery210,732102,264494,606
ArdsExchequer22,48017,07581,108
ArdsLottery37,20061,660307,304
ArmaghExchequer148,500160,500467,737
ArmaghLottery29,94312,078463,506
BallymenaExchequer1,00060013,800
BallymenaLottery11,4410222,680
BallymoneyExchequer004,175
BallymoneyLottery210,5990351,358
BanbridgeExchequer8,05017,89039,040
BanbridgeLottery23,85350,890139,458
BelfastExchequer5,855,1186,152,50518,554,324
BelfastLottery4,286,6362,600,92520,084,493
CarrickfergusExchequer2,100034,900
CarrickfergusLottery9,000053,672
CastlereaghExchequer50,21817,081134,030
CastlereaghLottery49,084107,863463,523
ColeraineExchequer138,000161,370449,509
ColeraineLottery148,003111,2931,767,850
CookstownExchequer25,00030,00062,350
CookstownLottery99,70911,173290,558
CraigavonExchequer46,65050,500148,969
CraigavonLottery446,950216,4271,069,544
DerryExchequer705,748747,1312,168,428
DerryLottery2,066,220461,5726,477,402
DownExchequer43,11958,125214,479
DownLottery81,830161,754604,610
DungannonExchequer15,2204,70053,920
DungannonLottery27,06692,760431,598
FermanaghExchequer71,47450,255218,826
FermanaghLottery578,879251,0941,050,034
LarneExchequer050014,420
LarneLottery19,6289,614345,837
LimavadyExchequer2,5006815,611
LisburnExchequer94,33180,171307,760
LisburnLottery100,330181,760554,442
MagherafeltExchequer0010,000
MagherafeltLottery14,768041,636
MoyleExchequer3,519021,649
MoyleLottery222,5900262,590
Newry and MourneExchequer84,50094,750348,470
Newry and MourneLottery65,80734,980644,631
NewtownabbeyExchequer11,2916,44940,990
NewtownabbeyLottery221,35018,100356,235
North DownExchequer144,117178,536447,784
North DownLottery388,374133,665944,954
OmaghExchequer6,0005,57021,958
OmaghLottery148,07767,650632,506
StrabaneExchequer10,0006,47741,237
StrabaneLottery337,578154,3601,367,476
Total17,351,58212,682,74763,403,176

Table B: Arts Council funding by parliamentary constituency
£

Parliamentary
constituency
Fund2001–022002–032003–04
Belfast, EastExchequer49,43923,625290,466
Belfast, EastLottery244,475307,915256,157
Belfast, NorthExchequer25,66957,000902,718
Belfast, NorthLottery837,7341,183,981709,349
Belfast, SouthExchequer112,06872,0674,050,998
Belfast, SouthLottery2,851,405897,8654,548,771
Belfast, WestExchequer22,22518,370948,484
Belfast, WestLottery830,301254,151477,419
East AntrimExchequer5,32015,45037,650
East AntrimLottery290,03153,86484,986
East LondonderryExchequer1,6505,819145,100
East LondonderryLottery1,427,5165,24475,794
Fermanagh and
South Tyrone
Exchequer20,00012,94598,152
Fermanagh and
South Tyrone
Lottery56,125321,409100,785
FoyleExchequer14,79541,103659,651
FoyleLottery1,385,1891,043,4791,520,942
Lagan ValleyExchequer8,45019,450105,958
Lagan ValleyLottery25,300136,309103,586
Mid UlsterExchequer10,8506,5000
Mid UlsterLottery0181,31278,746
Newry and ArmaghExchequer6,61519,650281,997
Newry and ArmaghLottery0529,285198,332
North AntrimExchequer1008,73025,675
North AntrimLottery0162,848229,150
North DownExchequer33,00019,12075,106
North DownLottery107,847254,12884,708
South AntrimExchequer4,0005,10018,300
South AntrimLottery0118,335112,446
South DownExchequer18,08533,67078,155
South DownLottery127,832385,859105,747
StrangfordExchequer6,5706,78579,846
StrangfordLottery0148,590186,598
Upper BannExchequer1,2003,63054,419
Upper BannLottery203,384146,64687,783
West TyroneExchequer9608,60025,588
West TyroneLottery103,562967,208221,547
Total8,831,6977,476,04217,061,109

 
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Table B: Arts Council funding by parliamentary constituency
£

Parliamentary
constituency
Fund2004–052005–06
to date
Total of award
Belfast, EastExchequer210,286167,630741,446
Belfast, EastLottery192,886222,3451,223,778
Belfast, NorthExchequer769,835965,6382,720,860
Belfast, NorthLottery984,491923,5114,639,066
Belfast, SouthExchequer4,000,9504,198,14912,434,232
Belfast, SouthLottery2,612,073978,68811,888,802
Belfast, WestExchequer919,146840,3682,748,593
Belfast, WestLottery513,301611,7382,686,910
East AntrimExchequer12,5914,00075,011
East AntrimLottery28,62819,614477,123
East LondonderryExchequer140,500162,051455,120
East LondonderryLottery148,003111,2931,767,850
Fermanagh and
South Tyrone
Exchequer86,69453,755271,546
Fermanagh and
South Tyrone
Lottery605,945302,3541,386,618
FoyleExchequer705,748747,1312,168,428
FoyleLottery2,066,220461,5726,477,402
Lagan ValleyExchequer91,30098,601323,219
Lagan ValleyLottery100,330107,293472,818
Mid UlsterExchequer25,00031,20073,550
Mid UlsterLottery114,47752,673427,208
Newry and ArmaghExchequer230,900249,950789,112
Newry and ArmaghLottery45,39647,058820,071
North AntrimExchequer4,51960039,624
North AntrimLottery444,6300836,628
North DownExchequer144,117178,536449,879
North DownLottery388,374133,665968,722
South AntrimExchequer27,000054,400
South AntrimLottery432,082110,364773,227
South DownExchequer44,61963,425237,954
South DownLottery142,917161,754924,109
StrangfordExchequer35,08017,825146,106
StrangfordLottery70,169129,520534,877
Upper BannExchequer51,65050,500161,399
Upper BannLottery460,070246,4301,144,313
West TyroneExchequer16,00012,04763,195
West TyroneLottery485,655222,0101,999,982
Total17,351,58212,682,74763,403,176


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